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<CENTER><B>COMMON ENGLISH IRREGULAR VERBS</B></CENTER></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P>

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<TR><TD><U><B>Bare Infinitive</B></U></TD><TD><U><B>Simple Past</B></U></TD><TD><U><B>Past Participle</B></U></TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;be</TD><TD>&nbsp;was/were</TD><TD>&nbsp;been</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;bear</TD><TD>&nbsp;bore</TD><TD>&nbsp;born</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;beat</TD><TD>&nbsp;beat</TD><TD>&nbsp;beaten</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;become</TD><TD>&nbsp;became</TD><TD>&nbsp;become</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;begin</TD><TD>&nbsp;began</TD><TD>&nbsp;begun</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;bend</TD><TD>&nbsp;bent</TD><TD>&nbsp;bent</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;bind</TD><TD>&nbsp;bound</TD><TD>&nbsp;bound</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;bite</TD><TD>&nbsp;bit</TD><TD>&nbsp;bitten</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;bleed</TD><TD>&nbsp;bled</TD><TD>&nbsp;bled</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;blow</TD><TD>&nbsp;blew</TD><TD>&nbsp;blown</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;break</TD><TD>&nbsp;broke</TD><TD>&nbsp;broken</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;breed</TD><TD>&nbsp;bred</TD><TD>&nbsp;bred</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;bring</TD><TD>&nbsp;brought</TD><TD>&nbsp;brought</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;build</TD><TD>&nbsp;built</TD><TD>&nbsp;built</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;burst</TD><TD>&nbsp;burst</TD><TD>&nbsp;burst</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;buy</TD><TD>&nbsp;bought</TD><TD>&nbsp;bought</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;cast</TD><TD>&nbsp;cast</TD><TD>&nbsp;cast</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;catch</TD><TD>&nbsp;caught</TD><TD>&nbsp;caught</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;choose</TD><TD>&nbsp;chose</TD><TD>&nbsp;chosen</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;cling</TD><TD>&nbsp;clung</TD><TD>&nbsp;clung</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;come</TD><TD>&nbsp;came</TD><TD>&nbsp;come</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;cost</TD><TD>&nbsp;cost</TD><TD>&nbsp;cost</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;creep</TD><TD>&nbsp;crept</TD><TD>&nbsp;crept</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;cut</TD><TD>&nbsp;cut</TD><TD>&nbsp;cut</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;deal</TD><TD>&nbsp;dealt</TD><TD>&nbsp;dealt</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;dig</TD><TD>&nbsp;dug</TD><TD>&nbsp;dug</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;do</TD><TD>&nbsp;did</TD><TD>&nbsp;done</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;draw</TD><TD>&nbsp;drew</TD><TD>&nbsp;drawn</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;drink</TD><TD>&nbsp;drank</TD><TD>&nbsp;drunk</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;drive</TD><TD>&nbsp;drove</TD><TD>&nbsp;driven</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;eat</TD><TD>&nbsp;ate</TD><TD>&nbsp;eaten</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;fall</TD><TD>&nbsp;fell</TD><TD>&nbsp;fallen</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;feed</TD><TD>&nbsp;fed</TD><TD>&nbsp;fed</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;feel</TD><TD>&nbsp;felt</TD><TD>&nbsp;felt</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;fight</TD><TD>&nbsp;fought</TD><TD>&nbsp;fought</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;find</TD><TD>&nbsp;found</TD><TD>&nbsp;found</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;flee</TD><TD>&nbsp;fled</TD><TD>&nbsp;fled</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;fling</TD><TD>&nbsp;flung</TD><TD>&nbsp;flung</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;fly</TD><TD>&nbsp;flew</TD><TD>&nbsp;flown</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;forbid</TD><TD>&nbsp;forbade</TD><TD>&nbsp;forbidden</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;forecast</TD><TD>&nbsp;forecast</TD><TD>&nbsp;forecast</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;forget</TD><TD>&nbsp;forgot</TD><TD>&nbsp;forgotten</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;forgive</TD><TD>&nbsp;forgave</TD><TD>&nbsp;forgiven</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;forsake</TD><TD>&nbsp;forsook</TD><TD>&nbsp;forsaken</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;freeze</TD><TD>&nbsp;froze</TD><TD>&nbsp;frozen</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;get</TD><TD>&nbsp;got</TD><TD>&nbsp;got</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;give</TD><TD>&nbsp;gave</TD><TD>&nbsp;given</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;go</TD><TD>&nbsp;went</TD><TD>&nbsp;gone</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;grind</TD><TD>&nbsp;ground</TD><TD>&nbsp;ground</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;grow</TD><TD>&nbsp;grew</TD><TD>&nbsp;grown</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;hang</TD><TD>&nbsp;hung</TD><TD>&nbsp;hung</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;have</TD><TD>&nbsp;had</TD><TD>&nbsp;had</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;hear</TD><TD>&nbsp;heard</TD><TD>&nbsp;heard</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;hide</TD><TD>&nbsp;hid</TD><TD>&nbsp;hidden</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;hit</TD><TD>&nbsp;hit</TD><TD>&nbsp;hit</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;hold</TD><TD>&nbsp;held</TD><TD>&nbsp;held</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;hurt</TD><TD>&nbsp;hurt</TD><TD>&nbsp;hurt</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;keep</TD><TD>&nbsp;kept</TD><TD>&nbsp;kept</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;kneel</TD><TD>&nbsp;knelt</TD><TD>&nbsp;knelt</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;know</TD><TD>&nbsp;knew</TD><TD>&nbsp;known</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;lay</TD><TD>&nbsp;laid</TD><TD>&nbsp;laid</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;lead</TD><TD>&nbsp;led</TD><TD>&nbsp;led</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;leave</TD><TD>&nbsp;left</TD><TD>&nbsp;left</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;lend</TD><TD>&nbsp;lent</TD><TD>&nbsp;lent</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;let</TD><TD>&nbsp;let</TD><TD>&nbsp;let</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;lie</TD><TD>&nbsp;lay</TD><TD>&nbsp;lain</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;lose</TD><TD>&nbsp;lost</TD><TD>&nbsp;lost</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;make</TD><TD>&nbsp;made</TD><TD>&nbsp;made</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;mean</TD><TD>&nbsp;meant</TD><TD>&nbsp;meant</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;meet</TD><TD>&nbsp;met</TD><TD>&nbsp;met</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;mistake</TD><TD>&nbsp;mistook</TD><TD>&nbsp;mistaken</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;partake</TD><TD>&nbsp;partook</TD><TD>&nbsp;partaken</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;pay</TD><TD>&nbsp;paid</TD><TD>&nbsp;paid</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;put</TD><TD>&nbsp;put</TD><TD>&nbsp;put</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;read</TD><TD>&nbsp;read</TD><TD>&nbsp;read</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;rid</TD><TD>&nbsp;rid</TD><TD>&nbsp;rid</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;ride</TD><TD>&nbsp;rode</TD><TD>&nbsp;ridden</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;ring</TD><TD>&nbsp;rang</TD><TD>&nbsp;rung</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;rise</TD><TD>&nbsp;rose</TD><TD>&nbsp;risen</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;run</TD><TD>&nbsp;ran</TD><TD>&nbsp;run</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;say</TD><TD>&nbsp;said</TD><TD>&nbsp;said</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;see</TD><TD>&nbsp;saw</TD><TD>&nbsp;seen</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;seek</TD><TD>&nbsp;sought</TD><TD>&nbsp;sought</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;sell</TD><TD>&nbsp;sold</TD><TD>&nbsp;sold</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;send</TD><TD>&nbsp;sent</TD><TD>&nbsp;sent</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;set</TD><TD>&nbsp;set</TD><TD>&nbsp;set</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;shake</TD><TD>&nbsp;shook</TD><TD>&nbsp;shaken</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;shed</TD><TD>&nbsp;shed</TD><TD>&nbsp;shed</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;shine</TD><TD>&nbsp;shone</TD><TD>&nbsp;shone</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;shoe</TD><TD>&nbsp;shod</TD><TD>&nbsp;shod</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;shoot</TD><TD>&nbsp;shot</TD><TD>&nbsp;shot</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;show</TD><TD>&nbsp;showed</TD><TD>&nbsp;shown</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;shrink</TD><TD>&nbsp;shrank <B>or </B>shrunk</TD><TD>&nbsp;shrunk</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;shut</TD><TD>&nbsp;shut</TD><TD>&nbsp;shut</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;sing</TD><TD>&nbsp;sang</TD><TD>&nbsp;sung</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;sink</TD><TD>&nbsp;sank</TD><TD>&nbsp;sunk</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;sit</TD><TD>&nbsp;sat</TD><TD>&nbsp;sat</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;sleep</TD><TD>&nbsp;slept</TD><TD>&nbsp;slept</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;slide</TD><TD>&nbsp;slid</TD><TD>&nbsp;slid</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;sling</TD><TD>&nbsp;slung</TD><TD>&nbsp;slung</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;slink</TD><TD>&nbsp;slunk</TD><TD>&nbsp;slunk</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;slit</TD><TD>&nbsp;slit</TD><TD>&nbsp;slit</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;speak</TD><TD>&nbsp;spoke</TD><TD>&nbsp;spoken</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;speed</TD><TD>&nbsp;sped</TD><TD>&nbsp;sped</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;spend</TD><TD>&nbsp;spent</TD><TD>&nbsp;spent</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;spin</TD><TD>&nbsp;span <B>or </B>spun</TD><TD>&nbsp;spun</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;spit</TD><TD>&nbsp;spit <B>or </B>spat</TD><TD>&nbsp;spat</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;split</TD><TD>&nbsp;split</TD><TD>&nbsp;split</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;spread</TD><TD>&nbsp;spread</TD><TD>&nbsp;spread</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;spring</TD><TD>&nbsp;sprang</TD><TD>&nbsp;sprung</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;stand</TD><TD>&nbsp;stood</TD><TD>&nbsp;stood</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;steal</TD><TD>&nbsp;stole</TD><TD>&nbsp;stolen</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;stick</TD><TD>&nbsp;stuck</TD><TD>&nbsp;stuck</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;sting</TD><TD>&nbsp;stung</TD><TD>&nbsp;stung</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;stink</TD><TD>&nbsp;stank</TD><TD>&nbsp;stunk</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;stride</TD><TD>&nbsp;strode</TD><TD>&nbsp;strode</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;strike</TD><TD>&nbsp;struck</TD><TD>&nbsp;struck</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;string</TD><TD>&nbsp;strung</TD><TD>&nbsp;strung</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;strive</TD><TD>&nbsp;strove</TD><TD>&nbsp;striven</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;swear</TD><TD>&nbsp;swore</TD><TD>&nbsp;sworn</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;sweep</TD><TD>&nbsp;swept</TD><TD>&nbsp;swept</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;swim</TD><TD>&nbsp;swam</TD><TD>&nbsp;swum</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;take</TD><TD>&nbsp;took</TD><TD>&nbsp;taken</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;teach</TD><TD>&nbsp;taught</TD><TD>&nbsp;taught</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;tear</TD><TD>&nbsp;tore</TD><TD>&nbsp;torn</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;tell</TD><TD>&nbsp;told</TD><TD>&nbsp;told</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;think</TD><TD>&nbsp;thought</TD><TD>&nbsp;thought</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;thrive</TD><TD>&nbsp;throve</TD><TD>&nbsp;thriven</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;throw</TD><TD>&nbsp;threw</TD><TD>&nbsp;thrown</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;thrust</TD><TD>&nbsp;thrust</TD><TD>&nbsp;thrust</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;tread</TD><TD>&nbsp;trod</TD><TD>&nbsp;trodden</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;understand</TD><TD>&nbsp;understood</TD><TD>&nbsp;understood</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;wake</TD><TD>&nbsp;woke</TD><TD>&nbsp;woken</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;wear</TD><TD>&nbsp;wore</TD><TD>&nbsp;worn</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;weave</TD><TD>&nbsp;wove</TD><TD>&nbsp;woven</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;weep</TD><TD>&nbsp;wept</TD><TD>&nbsp;wept</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;win</TD><TD>&nbsp;won</TD><TD>&nbsp;won</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;wind</TD><TD>&nbsp;wound</TD><TD>&nbsp;wound</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;wring</TD><TD>&nbsp;wrung</TD><TD>&nbsp;wrung</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;write</TD><TD>&nbsp;wrote</TD><TD>&nbsp;written</TD></TR>
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